Quick and simple instructions on how to install Telegraf collector agent on FreeNAS.
a. Start by creating a folder for Telegraf on one of your pools. I have mine under /mnt/Volume1/home/system/telegraf
b. Download the Telegraf tar for FreeBSD (here), extract it and copy the binary and the .conf files to the folder we created in the previous step
./telegraf-[version]/usr/bin/telegraf./telegraf-[version]/etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf
c. Create telegraf.init in the same folder (make sure to modify the 2 lines with your path)
26 : ${telegraf_conf:="/mnt/Volume1/home/system/telegraf/${name}.conf"}
32 command_args="-crP ${pidfile} /mnt/Volume1/home/system/telegraf/${name} ${telegraf_flags} -config=${telegraf_conf} >> /var/log/telegraf.log 2>&1"
#!/bin/sh
# $FreeBSD$
# PROVIDE: telegraf
# REQUIRE: DAEMON NETWORKING
# BEFORE: LOGIN
# KEYWORD: shutdown
# Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf to enable telegrafb:
# telegraf_enable="YES"
#
# telegraf_enable (bool): Set to YES to enable telegraf
# Default: NO
# telegraf_conf (str): telegraf configuration file
# Default: ${PREFIX}/etc/telegraf.conf
# telegraf_flags (str): Extra flags passed to telegraf
. /etc/rc.subr
name="telegraf"
rcvar=telegraf_enable
load_rc_config $name
: ${telegraf_enable:="YES"}
: ${telegraf_flags:="-quiet"}
: ${telegraf_conf:="/mnt/Volume1/home/system/telegraf/${name}.conf"}
# daemon
start_precmd=telegraf_prestart
pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
command=/usr/sbin/daemon
command_args="-crP ${pidfile} /mnt/Volume1/home/system/telegraf/${name} ${telegraf_flags} -config=${telegraf_conf} >> /var/log/telegraf.log 2>&1"
telegraf_prestart() {
# Have to empty rc_flags so they don't get passed to daemon(8)
rc_flags=""
}
run_rc_command "$1"
d. Edit the configuration file (telegraf.conf) according to your needs
e. Create a link in /usr/local/etc/rc.d for telegraf
ln -s /mnt/Volume1/home/system/telegraf/telegraf.init /usr/local/etc/rc.d/telegraf
f. Start the service
service telegraf start
g. Check the output of the logs to make sure it’s working
# tail /var/log/telegraf.log
2020-10-25T17:34:33Z I! Starting Telegraf 1.16.0
h. Create an “Init/Shutdown Script” (change to reflect your path)
ln -s /mnt/Volume1/home/system/telegraf/telegraf.init /usr/local/etc/rc.d/telegraf ; service telegraf start
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